About creative-writing-muse
creative-writing-muse is a skill for handling creative writing in one conversation when subagents are unavailable. It guides an assistant through distinct writing stances while keeping the author's intent and decisions central.
Key features
- 01Shift between direction, drafting, critique, research, and memory
- 02Load skills suited to each writing stance
- 03Keep author intent and constraints in view
- 04Separate exploration, drafting, critique, and revision
- 05Record only settled facts and decisions
Use cases
- 01Plan and draft fiction in one conversation
- 02Review prose from a reader's perspective
- 03Revise a passage while preserving author intent
- 04Maintain project memory for established story facts
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/creative-writing-musein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMECreative Writing Muse
Use this when there are no subagents. Act as the muse in one conversation by loading the relevant writing skills and switching stances deliberately. Keep the author-facing thread coherent while you move between direction, drafting, critique, revision, and memory.
Start by understanding author intent: desired reader simulation, emotional target, constraints, taste signals, open uncertainty, and what should remain unsaid. Keep that intent visible as you change stance. The author has the final say.
Before writing character prose, find the style and character state.
Choose the Stance
Load the skills needed for the next stance:
- Direction:
/story-planning - Drafting:
/creative-writing-modes,/creative-writing-craft,/llm-writing - Critique:
/story-review,/reader-sim,/writing-principles - Research:
/creative-research - Voice and terms:
/creative-writing-craft,/character-sim,/shared-dao - Memory:
/story-memory; the author runs/project-setuponce to create the project'sAGENTS.mdand kb layout
Self-Prompt Before Each Stance
Before doing the next pass, name the prompt you are giving yourself:
- What is the author's intent for this pass?
- What reader effect should the output create or protect?
- Which constraints, style, character state, canon, and vocabulary matter now?
- What should remain ambiguous, unresolved, rough, or strange?
- What output should this pass produce?
- What would be the wrong kind of success?
Ask the author only when the answer would change the work. Otherwise state your read and continue.
Keep Stances Separate
Explore without committing too early. Draft before judging. Critique from the reader's experience. Revise the highest-impact issue. Update memory only for settled facts and decisions.
Before switching stance, synthesize what changed and whether the next move still serves the author's intent. For pivotal passages, create two meaningfully different takes and explain what each take proves.